2014
DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2014.41.039
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Ediacaran–Middle Paleozoic Oceanic Voyage of Avalonia from Baltica via Gondwana to Laurentia: Paleomagnetic, Faunal and Geological Constraints

Abstract: Current Ediacaran–Cambrian, paleogeographic reconstructions place Avalonia, Carolinia and Ganderia (Greater Avalonia) at high paleolatitudes off northwestern Gondwana (NW Africa and/or Amazonia), and locate NW Gondwana at either high or low paleolatitudes. All of these reconstructions are incompatible with 550 Ma Avalonian paleomagnetic data, which indicate a paleolatitude of 20–30ºS for Greater Avalonia and oriented with the present-day southeast margin on the northwest side. Ediacaran, Cambrian and Early Ord… Show more

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“…Some paleontological, provenance, and paleomagnetic data indicate that the originally peri‐Amazonian Avalonian terranes were docked at the northern periphery of the West African craton in the Middle Cambrian (ca. 530 Ma; e.g., Barr et al, ; Domeier, ; Keppie & Keppie, ; Landing, ; Zlatkin et al, ).…”
Section: Previous Studies and Geological Settingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Some paleontological, provenance, and paleomagnetic data indicate that the originally peri‐Amazonian Avalonian terranes were docked at the northern periphery of the West African craton in the Middle Cambrian (ca. 530 Ma; e.g., Barr et al, ; Domeier, ; Keppie & Keppie, ; Landing, ; Zlatkin et al, ).…”
Section: Previous Studies and Geological Settingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tectonics peri-Amazonian Avalonian terranes were docked at the northern periphery of the West African craton in the Middle Cambrian (ca. 530 Ma; e.g., Barr et al, 2012;Domeier, 2016;Keppie & Keppie, 2014;Landing, 2005;Zlatkin et al, 2017).…”
Section: 1029/2018tc005046mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Greater Avalonia of Keppie and Keppie (2014). The Latest Neoproterozoic and Cambrian paleomagnetic and faunal data suggest that Avalonia (sensu stricto) was an island chain lying at ca.…”
Section: Tectonic Models and Conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This peri-Gondwanan picture becomes more complex with the application of paleomagnetic and faunal constraints, which suggest that the Gander and Avalon zones (i.e. Greater Avalonia) originated as an island chain possibly off Baltica (Keppie and Keppie, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach simplifies the analysis herein, although it neglects details in the block motions internal to each of the aggregate continental assemblies. The palaeomagnetic mantle reference frame used in the present study is derived from the recently computed apparent polar wander master path for Pangaea , as discussed in detail elsewhere (J. D. Keppie & D. F. Keppie 2014).…”
Section: Datamentioning
confidence: 99%